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動詞

expecting

1. present participle and gerund of expect

形容詞

expecting (not comparable)

1. Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant.

   The expecting mother is enthusiastic about learning childcare.

   When is the new couple expecting?

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同意語

• see pregnant

派生語

名詞

expecting (plural expectings)

1. The process by which somebody expects something.
   • 1998, Merrelyn Emery, Searching: The Theory and Practice of Making Cultural Change:

     In this process participants become immersed in the dynamic interplay of rememberings, communal extraction, imaginings, expectings, etc., and of singular perceptions of each of these separately and as they come together […]

アナグラム

• excepting